[Clark:]
May 27th.. Monday 1805.
The wind blew hard from the S. W. which detained us untill
about 10 oClock, at which time we set out and proceeded
on, passed a small nacked Island on the Lard Side imediately
above the timber in which we camped, The river is verry
shoaley and the bad places are verry numerous, i e at the
mouth of every Drean the rocks which is a hard dark gritey
stone is thrown out some distance in the river which cause a
considerable riffle on that side, the hills approach the river
verry close on either side, river narrow & no timber except
some scattering pine on the hills & hill sides, the salts,
coal, burnhills & Pumice Stone &c. continue, the hills are
Generally Bluffs of various coloured earth most commonly
black with different quallities stone intermixed some stratums
of soft sand stone, some hard, some a dark brown & yellow
hard grit, those stones are loosened by the earths washing from
them into the river and ultimately role down into the river,
which appears to be crowded with them. This day is verry
worm. we only saw a fiew small herds of the big horn animals
on the hills, and two Elk one of which we killed, we
camped at 2 dead top trees on the Lar
d Side. The river is
Genl
y. about 200 yards wide and current very swift to day and
has a verry perceptiable fall in all its course it rises a little
Course & Distance May 27th.
|
miles |
|
| West |
1 3/4 |
allong the Lard Shore to a point on the Lard. Sd. (no
timber) a Bluff opposit on both sides |
| S. 80°. W. |
3 1/4 |
to a bluff point on the Stard. Side in a Stard. Bend. |
| S. 50°. W. |
1 |
to a Larboard point. |
| S. 8°. W. |
1 1/2 |
to the point of a Bluff on Lard. in a Lard Bend; the
river makeing a considerable bend to the S.E. |
| S. 60°. W. |
1/2 |
to a open point on the Lard. Side |
| S. 26°. W. |
1 1/2 |
to a single cotton tree on Stard. point |
| S. 55°. W. |
1 |
to a bluff point on the Lard. Side |
| S. 45°. W. |
3 1/2 |
to a Bluff on the Lard. Side, passed a Lard. point at
1 miles, a Stard. point at 2 1/2 miles. we camped on
Lard. Sd. 1 1/2 on this course |
| miles |
14 |
|
